Jeremy Sowers

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Jeremy Sowers
Cleveland Indians — No. 45
Starting Pitcher
Bats: Left Throws: Left
Major League Baseball debut
June 25, 2006 for the Cleveland Indians
Selected MLB statistics
(through 2006)
Wins-Losses     7-4
ERA     3.57
Innings pitched     88 1/3
Strikeouts     35
Former teams

Jeremy Bryan Sowers (b. May 17, 1983 in St. Clairsville, Ohio) is a left-handed starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians in Major League Baseball. He grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, where he attended Ballard High School. His twin brother, Joshua Sowers, plays in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.

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Sowers tossed 4 no-hitters in high school. In both his junior and his senior year at Ballard, he led the team to consecutive appearances in the state high school championship game and was named All-State, All-Section, All-Region and County Player of the Year. As a senior, he was named to Baseball America's National High School All-American team, Kentucky Gatorade Player of the Year, Mr. Kentucky Baseball and Kentucky High School Coaches Association Athlete of the Year.[1] He was selected out of high school with the 20th overall pick in the 2001 amateur draft by the Cincinnati Reds. To this day, Jeremy is considered one of the best players in KHSAA history.[citation needed]

Rather than sign with the Reds, Sowers opted to attend Vanderbilt University where he was named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American team following the 2002 season[2] and to their 2004 pre-season All-American team.[3] He was second team All-SEC as both a sophomore[4] and a junior[5] and was also selected second team All-South Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association as a sophomore.[6]

After his junior year at Vanderbilt, the Indians made Sowers the 6th overall pick in the 2004 amateur draft and he signed with them for a $2.475 million signing bonus, the third highest bonus in club history.[7] During the 2005-06 off-season, he was granted permission by the club to return to Vanderbilt to complete his Political Science degree.

W-L ERA IP H HR SO BB
23-15 3.27 338 2/3 303 23 327 86

Sowers split most of the 2005 season between the Indians' Class A (Kinston) and Class AA (Akron) farm teams, compiling a combined 13-4 record and 2.40 ERA. He finished 2005 with a single start for the AAA Buffalo Bisons in which he was credited with a win. He was named the Indians Minor League Pitcher of the Year (Bob Feller Award) for the 2005 season.[8] Baseball America named him the #2 prospect in the Indians organization,[9] the #6 prospect in the Carolina League[10] and the #8 prospect in the Eastern League.[11]

In 2006, he was a non-roster invitee at the Indians' Spring training camp, but did not make the club's Opening Day roster, beginning the season with Buffalo. In 15 starts for the Bisons, he picked up where he left off in 2005, posting a sterling 9-1 record and 1.39 ERA. Baseball America named him the #3 prospect in the International League.[12]

W-L ERA IP H HR SO BB
23-5 2.00 256 2/3 219 14 203 58

Sowers' performance for Buffalo in 2006 earned him a promotion to Cleveland on June 20 where he made his Major League debut against the Reds on June 25, taking the loss (5 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 2 HR, 3 SO, 2 BB). He tossed his first major league complete game, shutout July 22, 2006 against the Minnesota Twins, allowing 4 hits and 1 walk while striking out 4. Six days later, he threw another shutout—this one a 1-0 gem against the Seattle Mariners—becoming the first Indians rookie to throw back-to-back shutouts since Dick Tidrow in 1972.[13] In his next start against Boston, he extended his scoreless inning streak to 22 before yielding an RBI double in the fifth inning.

Sowers features a fastball with which he varies the speed between about 85 and 92 mph, a curveball, a slider that cuts in on right-handed batters and a change-up.[14] He is projected to be the Indians' fourth starter in 2007.[15]

  1. ^ "2006 Cleveland Indians Media Guide" (PDF), pp. 239-240. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  2. ^ "Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American team", Collegiate Baseball, 2002-06-05. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  3. ^ "Louisville Slugger pre-season All-American baseball teams", Collegiate Baseball, 2003-12-19. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  4. ^ "Hill, Marchbanks, Laval, Head Earn SEC Baseball Honors", SECSports.com, 2003-05-19. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  5. ^ "SEBaseball.com Announces 2004 All-SEC Team", SECSports.com, 2004-05-18. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  6. ^ "2004 ABCA & Rawlings NCAA Division I All-Region", American Baseball Coaches Association. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  7. ^ Kline, Chris. "Top Ten Prospects: Cleveland Indians", Baseball America, 2004-11-22. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  8. ^ Castrovince, Anthony. "Tribe honors Minors' Mulhern, Sowers", MLB.com, 2005-12-08. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  9. ^ Kline, Chris. "Top Ten Prospects: Cleveland Indians", Baseball America, 2006-01-23. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  10. ^ Kline, Chris. "2005 Top 20 Prospects: Carolina League", Baseball America, 2005-09-29. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  11. ^ Matthews, Alan. "2005 Top 20 Prospects: Eastern League", Baseball America, 2005-10-03. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  12. ^ Eddy, Matt. "International League Top 20 Prospects List", Baseball America, 2006-10-11. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  13. ^ "Indians' Sowers pitches second consecutive shutout in 1-0 win", Associated Press, 2006-07-28. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  14. ^ Kline, Chris. "Sowers shows consistency for Indians", Baseball America, 2005-03-30. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.
  15. ^ Castrovince, Anthony. "Indians Spring Training quick hits", MLB.com, 2007-02-02. Retrieved on March 12, 2007.



Persondata
NAME Sowers, Jeremy Bryan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Major League baseball player
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Clairsville, Ohio, Ohio
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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